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ADVENTURE W
Crisis A.vex?ted by Ri
? My brother is of opinion that the
tightest place io which be has seen me
?aa & bair of very oaugly fitting Bed
ford ebrd riding trousers, worn by
me up6n a certain pouring wet day
in* California, dried on me" tinder a
semi-tropical ann, and hauled oft mo
hythe! ' united efforts of three etcong
men! lin my own opinion, however,
I bav? b?eu io a yet tighter place,
although it is certain tb at I did now
suffer so mach physical ??seo?u?ort.
W?-^ay br?iLer ond myself- had
been shooting in the San Emigdio
foothills of the h?u J "ion-, moun
tains, the coast rango of California.
Here, in the early 80'a, grizzlies were
still to be found.
But} although we saw tracks and
signs, the beasts themselves remained
invisible. Bear hunters will testify
that even if you discover the very
lair of the minster whom Californians
call ''Uhole Ephraim," Ld ?B almost
invariably not at home.
Finally, we gave up our quest in de
spair; out ojf heart and out of grub.
My brother suggested that we should
find venison at ar : racoh, the nearest
to the wilderness in which wo had
been wandering for the previous ihres
weeks. ' ; . " ?
We knew the boss and tie foreman,
and after * lon?d?yNjtravel were de
lighted to find both men at home.
Living, aa they were, some hundred
miles from, the nearest store, with no
companions other than half a dozen
cowboy?j'you may bo euro that wo re
ceived a hearty welcome
Aa we were putting pur horses into
tte barn, bur host said abruptly:
"Got any whiskey?" , " V ?sB|
"A big demijohn<-rnbarly full,"
I replied. j"It'o yomfs* if you want
? it." '* ?' '
/"Shush-h-hl v Want- it? Not I.
\V"e must hide it."
{then he explained that hie cook
oaw red after taking one' drink of air
cohol. . Accoidingly, we hid the per
son-for poison it sa to such folio wa
-under a bale, of h&y^
After supper we smoked io the Bit
ting room, which oconpied th? ?iidd??
of the house, a long, low reoaa, with a
big fireplace at one end of ; it, our
bedroom at tho other end, add doors
facing;aaehotherOn the' aidea;?b?on?li
each dcor one passed oa toaroagb Wr
Garden, there was.-nene. Encom
passing these, the hu^o ranch Gireioh
ed ifok;leagneas a aixty^inataed? corn
: aw?^;loolhiUaa^
ed by the plew,.'
The cowboys squatted about the
fire and told stories ae; they .amoked.
The four chaira were occupied by" the
boss, fcromaoj my brother and my^
. _ ?ho foreman, John, was a big, loose
? /iiihfcj^
: ?Uh. ?he kriat and ono of tho test
horsemen ...in "southern California.
His brother, Charlie, one of tho cow
boys, w?a h wiry aa
an Apao&e and of mach tho samo eoiih'-'*
; plejdop. Both men said little, au?
'.. aweriug snob questions aa we put io
. .. - ,toem'.,e^
: At ^t~Vj^n??';W nf
; tho- laat ir>r California' to be roused
?-. ?gMoulttt?a *ed, Atfii&ltn^l ' M
Uvi|??^?ad b?rccroe H eoit-?t o&nct?i
ary fer ?W?s''?hieve? sad despera,
J<*?? ft??^wnW-'wara. robb?*?
quenily; .banks were feeld np and
? " looted;; ^uS'^hardly1 * .:^o^h^<pa?scd:
without ita shooting afiray:
?he conversation '-.tia??4.;natnrilly'.
eaougb;^tn^encarm3;oed ?hau
nt* ,1 Seme of the bad s?e? were
known ?to us; .Tobo, the boas,, bad
:. tak?n a prominent p&rt, <eo it was
whispered, ia tho lynching! (?atra?a
, robber, ihe.toVrer .of . theS K.ccn?'
paay, w?ic bad worked as a cowboy on':
, ? thia very .ranch, had sat; aa wo wem
. situ*- ??.-B:-.?:-..'? .^.-v.:..
been reckoned^y h'ja foj&fafu
; peaeeat?gtefa;: :. '
?oddenl>vthefc^aa Baidin^alnw
ITH A MADMAN.
i?sort to Oool?axing. '
aad misorbs of a tramp. Tho Com
pany listened with interest and sym
pathy, y
Looking at the ;pare Sgures and
bronzed faoes about the fireplace, one
realised vaguely that in the inexor
able trend of events that picturesque,
occupation must be taken from them
wi'fhhi a decade. And dismounted,
wast hTTiitcd them save a. dreary
?tramp af cot through the country
?????B whiob ?bey had ridden rio gaily
in the past?
While Charlie was singing I kept
_-_iL- J_._i_^ e.- VT_v
au pjrw vu uiu uuui, iuuMug >ur wugu,
the cook. I had not had more than
a glimpse of him, j abd the son of a
man who had been lynched stirred
my curiosity. But he d;i not come
io.
After a couple of songs somebody
proposed an exhibition pf high kick- j
jJjng, which led to ptb.??r feats pf
strength and activity, 'r?o fun had
begun. One could, see the grave faces
of these silent men change, as . their
blood began to circulate; one felt as
they felt, the throb of excitement, the
pulso beating fiercely beneath the !
touch c?? competition.
And then, without a moments
warning, Hugh stalked into the room,
carrying ray magasine rifle in one
uiSa ??u thc demijohn of whiskey in
the other, lavery man save ho was
unarmed. Hugh had the drop on the
,. We stared at him. He was a hand
some young fellow, -'Ifink had
unshed his cheeks! : and lent a i^arkle
to hi? eyes. He laughed, fingering |
his rifle m if it were a toy. spinning
it ?vound dexterously, ?
"Put that down, Hugh,V said John !
Quietly, "we're haying some fun here j
and want you to join us." ;
$&o??^^
ouBly. "Well, I've joined, haven't
I? And now I'm a-goin' to have tho
fun.. D'ye know who I am?" He
li?ft?ii"^*^. ??o^o?i?B'' in;-|:t?w!sii "I'm
not wearie* my crown and: rpbes'S-r
Jie waa in flannel , shirt and dvaralla
j"butXm; the king, teat's who I am, !
and don't ye forget iel**
He t^^d^he rifle faster. Nobody
moved. \?/ . ,
"?s thargua ipaded?'* said Cna?
|?p^ into the
eeiltcg as he spoke. When the noise
died, away he added savagely: ?
^^'m^-tbe^ss .,to.u
^n'^'make^au M?Pws^tey?S^^ ?
bullet goes plum into the head of the
first mah aa moves without my say soi
D'yeW?" ' .
"Wo hear," said John' quiotly,
"Atytbp S?MP, Jbtugh^ Td quit this
foolin* if I waa you.'* ' (
?' "Shut up yer ?outh!" :[ym wi
Johu abut bigmouth, almost mth
a snsp. , Ao4 -{t^en ? saw : that grim
?xitj'o? purpose upon his face, vrhlcb
is, no more ip bo mistaken or. ignond^
than the first warning of the r$$|^
Senke poised for his deadly strobe.
.Tm the king, ain't I, Charlie?'' .
"Sara," said Charlie.
uVm the king, boys, .ain't I?. AU-,
swer^cver)? mother*a.Bpn of yei''
Mffii?j; anticed solemnly. "You're
the klag, Hugh.'* . . .
"I owe thia shoPv>aog-hey?" he
addressed the bes.?
"Looks like i^-^^^^PI
.- *^Tbat ???s5 ~,3??au io o&oose;
;n^/Cp^p*?y.v.:..'Ev^_ ??^i?^ agett'^d??
boya," he Mt?M^\{t^ji' brother1 and
me. "You sitv right there, an' make
yeurs?lyes^ But you," he
t?wiee, yeu!vo made it hot for .me
t?oro'n ones. Sta?' ^f '
"l?cw marchi Bkio ?tit o* this . .
en*.' don't ; come ba?k;*onight? I'm
a-g?ia t'ei^^?^;?|f;';-^^. ***r '
. pa|?msa s^j^a^^m"yoe.- GHI" '
Tbe.bpset.?*^
,* The foremen and his l^rotneg; et?^
?ae'i ebuid'?p?%'j the'.s1#fl#*f\|ji.
th v ter^a:^i?^^,^e^d
^'?oissks, : . j?s;altiug rem
[pWf.^?^tt\ycu,?
^VVQ?ek,;>,
^^I^?^BS quietly. "
"Hold" on! Don't forget te, abet
the door. Me an' these gen'lomon air
a-goin' to whoop things np a bit, on
deratan't -feeney paint this shee
bang a pale shrimp pink before we
quit. And we don't went to be dis*
turbed-see? Mako that plain to
the boss and John. Because if
ono of them doors moves I sha'n't
wait to ask who's pushin' it, but I
propose ter lire-through it. See?
That's all."
The cowboys went out, carefully
closing the door. There were no win
dowsj for tbo4ccr& in the daytime
served as' such. Hugh laughedr star
ing hard at me.
"Say," ho began, "I heard that son
of a gun tell you to hide the demi
john, and I saw where, you hid it.
Come oov let's celebrate! I'll stand
here and watch them doors. One
must be keerful. You drink first,
boys. Take % good wad-with my
rsgftrda." ;
It seamed expedient to humor him,
especially as bj doing so we gained
possession cf thc whiskey. I was put
ting the demijohn to my lina when
I beard Hugh say sharply:
"Jeerooaaleml"
When I looked up both doors were
wide, lonje?. They opened outward.
Hugh glared fi?roely through each in
turn into.tho void beyond. Nobody
could be lobu.
At OGCO.l realised whet was about
to happen. The men had armed
themselves^ and would have as little
hesitation in shooting down this rebel
as in killing s out that had snapped
at them. The expedience of taking
np exposition on the floor occurred to
me. ?}?.'?'. ?' '".
Tho room was small. .With the
best wish in the world not to in jure n?
theB? cowboys must take that risk if
the Shooting began.
"Will you surrender, Hagb?,; John
" Surrender?Helir
A figure, . pistol in hand, flitted
across the open door; Hugh raised
his rifle. Another figure appeared at
tho opposite door. He turned swift"
ly j the figure. slipped out of sight.
This 'happened half a dozen times
I with uncanny monotony. Then Hugh
said to us:
"Don't be soared, boys; and sit
Where ye sse I" ' v
Obviously Hugh had enough wit to
perceive that the men outside might
be slow to shoot eo long as we sst in
tho ??u? O? ure. ; But if this madman,
began .the bsltle, what th?n?.
\ Aft?l^d^iroe. excelloht ways of
eaoapo oconrwd to me; at the time,
Ihowever, t?y mind oeeuiod blank. We
sat perfectly still.
Then the unexpected happened.
Hugh was "standing between two
- doora, and '-th? autumn k\$t
>lewinnpoh hit?.
fi "Charlie,"hesl^ttM^^tioV?na^
Operation Successful
"That young, ?dootor operated on
Bilsou yesterday."
"Xos? What waa the oaueo of the
Operation?"
"Appendicitis-that and the doc- 1
tor."
uWhat did he discover?"
"I don't know."
"Anything wrong with the appen* <
dix?"
"No. The doctor saya that is tho :
host and most hopeful feature of tho
case."
"How BO?"
"Ho says that, now that ho has dis- <
covered that nothing is wrong with j
thc appendix, it will give him a
chance to hod out what really is tho
difficulty and remedy it."-San Fran
cisco Call.
One at Lord Denbigh's Expenso.
This story is told, by the Boston
Herald, of Lord Denbigh's visit to
Boston with the Honorable Artillery
Company of London;
One day while psesing the Old Gran
ary burying ground Lord Denbigh
i turned to Governor Bates and asked:
"What ia going on over there? I
rave noticed that these churchyards
ol; yours seem to be the soeno of porno .
strange activity."
"Oh, that's one phase of the mining
oraze," replied the governor,
"What, grubbing for gold in a
churchyard. Why, that's vandal
iaa*.r
"Oh, 'it'a not gold these grubbers'
are, af ter, it'd ancestors," waa the gov
ernor's reply, with a emile.
; 'Ba-Plain'; But He! Proteas.
Plain speeoh has no need of pro?
fauity tb emphasize tho ?point it wish
es to impresa on th? hearer. Pro
fanity detracts,,in fact, from the real
force of any statement, oral or writ
ten. We haye in mind a sort of coun
sel going the rounds, and sometimes
bungin public places, to the effect
that the man who does the right thing
may "look any d-n man in the eye.".
Many persons regard such advice th aa
stated aa pert and commendable. We
cannot. Dress often makes; br mars
beauty. So the expression in whioh
a thought, is clothed often makes or
mars the idea, good as it may be in
itself. ; Put a man of vulgarity^ io a
pulpit and the place of worship ia
shunned. Put him even on the stump
in a political campaign and ho fails to
reach the beat class of voters. Plain
speech ia very much io demand. It
may be plain, and yet vety neat and
winsome. But profanity roba au ex
pression of the neatness and winsome:
ness that the good idea it embodies
deserves..
Plainness makes . for strength of
Bpqeoh.. ? Profanity for its deface*
;?^ft.' ;~. ._:'yy - : . I -;
-r.-?fc taken^nore.tbau;; a brotherly
manner to make up fer the lack of
business method in religion,
.:-llVlf'"?.
Ocean Currents.
. The ship ,;Meuritus," coming from
Appia, the Samoan Islauds, to San
Francisco, last July, picked up in
mid-ocean a large log of teak wood.
The captain of tho ship was familiar
with the methods of cuttiug this wood
in India, and saw by tho marks upon
the log that it had drifted from tome
joust of the ?ndian Ocean at least
half way around tho world, before be
ing taken out of the water.
It might bo supposed by the care
less thinker that tho log drifted aim
lessly. It had no rudder, no sall was
ereotod upon it, no human being
guided it. As it lay in the water it
simply bobbed up and down, but
kept Bteadily moving. It saw the.
sunshine on thousands of miles of
water, and it passed through sooreB of
storms.
If it had not been picked up by tho
Steamer it would have landed, in tho
oourso of a few mouths, at a point
somewhere between Coos Bay, Ore
gon, and tho southern limits of Alas
ka.
How do we know thiB?
The log was prosonted to the United
States Hydrographio Bureau, aad it
bas prepared an interesting statement
cf thc laws which brought it to the
point in the Paoifio Oocan where it
waa picked up. The Bureau baa even
propared a map showing almost the ex
act route taken by. the log from the
time it left its etarting point to ibo
end of ito journey, and alao an addi
tional map ahowing where it would
have landed if it bad been left to
itself.
The oceans aro governed by power
ful c?rrente of hot and cold water.
Ono of these great c?rrente flo wa out
of the Indian Ooean;' another starts
from tho Gulf of Mexico and sweeps I
northward to tho banka of Newfound
laud; another starts in the Japaneso
Sea and extends aoroBS to Alaska;
while a fourth passes up the western
coasts of Central and South America.
These c?rrente have ocr tain fixed
COUVSOB,. but travel at different rates
of speed. ? When stornie prevail, the
water moves moro rapidly than when
there is ? calm. Anything thrown
into the water must either eink or
travel with these our rents, and it ia
knowledge of bow these ourrenta flow,
and their speed, that enables the ;
scientistsi ta determine Just what kind
o? a journey baa been made. Every
year the English and Amer
ican . go verna enta bave out at
aea certain v Beela th at oro studying
these currents. Soundings aro made?
tempGratnrea taken, and the direction
of tba flow pf the water, ascertained.
Mapa are thou made showing facto as
certained in regard to these\currents.
In this way tba; governments bave
learned that basans of wator are ruled
by aa immutable laws as the ocean of
tba atmosphere, and the land.
- ?- Whon a man reaches his second
childhood ho hps. no hair and no teeth
--and if single, bas ao more sense
than to want a wife.
T
O secure the biggest crops of cona,
fertilizers mujt be used liberally.*
Apply at least 500 pounds to the acre-with
y/z per cent, nitrogen, 8 per cent, available
phosphoric acid, and 9 per cent. POTASH.
POTASH is a most important ?actor in corri
culture. Our practical bopks lor [armers are
yours for thc asking-no cost or obligation
of any sort, and a vast fund of invaluable
information in them,,
Address, GERMAN KALI WOkKS,
New York -9.5 Nassau Street. or Atlanta, (Ja. 22}? Sn. Ftroaif f?treot.
FBED. G. BROWN, Pres. find Troas. | B. F. MAULDIN, Viet FitE?dec
A. 8. FARMER, Secretary.
The Anderson Real Estate
and Investment Co.,
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we are having considerable inquiry for farms in this and ad?
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Now is the time to ?Bt your property with us, and we
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Address all communications to J. C. Cummings, Sale?
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ONE GAR OF EOGr iEBiD.
Haye just received one CM? Load of HOG FEEO
(Shorts) ' at very close prit? ' Come beforo^they* are A
all gone. Now is tho time fox' throbing- ( ,. . V . %^
I pBl?ll? & '"I
A , ?'. a will # .
Aroona your premises to prevent. a ease of fever L?"V_ ?a , -
.omeotuertf^
than the price of ? barrel of Lime ($l.C0.)l|We I ? Sv
a rresU shipment in atotfc, and will bs glad to send -rn
aome* If you contendiste building a barn or , sf
other building, see iii before buying your- #
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oj ? woman's Wo, is ino niarri? often given to tho "chango of Ufo."
stop. ; Some wemen stop atfdenly. Tho entire change laMs three
?^?i^relleyea?the rfeneiv^
^WJ*^ con fl???a, weak*
pm&? P*AQV* sn4 build up your strength for the rest cf yous lifo.
At aU ^?g^ Ul$1.00 beales. - Try?, v <
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?lii^?, Bid, liiiia Bil
IN ^BERS?N'for; ?ore thefc years. Dnyicg all that time cOmnat?tot*
^g^l?lf e^^bnt^veremiieed right hefe^^ha^aS^
satisfied customer. ..Mistabas^MP^etin??s; eebrirUud if st vin^time^
satisfied. Thie poiioy, rig^g^M to, han raado usfriende, true and lal"
IS?kS?!^ wS^?;ts?eS?
deooo of bbc people of t h?fe?ectioa. Wo have a larger Stoolc of Goode this
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